14Is Dispensationalism Indispensable?
by Steve Gregg Doctrinal Discernment: Many Christians today read Scripture through a theological paradigm that was unknown prior to the nineteenth century. This view, dispensationalism, introduced such concepts as the pre-tribulation rapture and third-temple Judaism in the millennium, but these eschatological novelties are not the most important differences between dispensationalism and historic Christian theology. A feature-length Practical Hermeneutics

32Could Environmentalism Become a Global Religion?
by Dan Story Today’s Religious Movements/Cultural Discernment: Many Christians today assume that environmentalism, along with pagan nature religions, is evolving into a global religious movement—perhaps even the “one-world religion” allegedly described in Revelation 13:11-18. How realistic is this scenario?

38To Defend Marriage, We Should Learn a Lesson from Apologetics by Jay W. Richards Ethical Apologetics: Never before in Western history has marriage been in more danger, as the media and cultural elites repeatedly assure us that same-sex marriage is a matter of “marriage equality.” If we want to preserve marriage as a public institution, we must make persuasive counterarguments that appeal to widely held moral convictions

44Addressing the Emotional Problem of Evil (Why Christians Hope)
by Mary Jo Sharp Practical Apologetics Many of us know people who, after experiencing or observing great suffering, lost their faith in God. If it is true that the emotional response to the problem of evil is the greatest challenge to apologetics, how can these people be reached?

50We Get to Carry Each Other: Kierkegaard and U2 on Authentic Love
by Michael W. Austin Philosophical Apologetics: Rock star Bono and nineteenth century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard have surprising similarities. Most notably, they both have profound, complementary insights to share with us on the true nature of love